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Consultation has concluded
Otago Regional Council (ORC) wound up rabbit control services five years ago and our assets are no longer required. Some are in poor condition and require repair or repurposing as spare parts. In June of 2020 we asked for your views on what we should do with our carrot cutters, oat cookers and depot in Galloway (near Alexandra) that houses the equipment.
Under our Regional Pest Management Plan, rabbit control is the responsibility of the land owner/occupier and must be controlled at/below level 3 on the Modified McLean Scale (MMS 3). Find out more here
Post consultation update
We received responses from 160 people in our community, with 71% of you saying we should not sell our poison services assets or the Galloway site.
On 8 December 2021 Council resolved to dispose of all remaining Council-owned rabbit control assets, with the exception of the Galloway depot and oat processing equipment, and report back before the end of the financial year 2021/22 with options for the Galloway depot and oat processing equipment including the value of the property, buildings and equipment.
We are currently working through a process to determine best method of disposal of this equipment, and once this has been determined this information will be shared publicly to all interested parties. If you want more information when its available, please register your expression of interest here for a direct notification at the time we publicly outline the disposal process. Hopefully this will be early in the New Year.
Otago Regional Council (ORC) wound up rabbit control services five years ago and our assets are no longer required. Some are in poor condition and require repair or repurposing as spare parts. In June of 2020 we asked for your views on what we should do with our carrot cutters, oat cookers and depot in Galloway (near Alexandra) that houses the equipment.
Under our Regional Pest Management Plan, rabbit control is the responsibility of the land owner/occupier and must be controlled at/below level 3 on the Modified McLean Scale (MMS 3). Find out more here
Post consultation update
We received responses from 160 people in our community, with 71% of you saying we should not sell our poison services assets or the Galloway site.
On 8 December 2021 Council resolved to dispose of all remaining Council-owned rabbit control assets, with the exception of the Galloway depot and oat processing equipment, and report back before the end of the financial year 2021/22 with options for the Galloway depot and oat processing equipment including the value of the property, buildings and equipment.
We are currently working through a process to determine best method of disposal of this equipment, and once this has been determined this information will be shared publicly to all interested parties. If you want more information when its available, please register your expression of interest here for a direct notification at the time we publicly outline the disposal process. Hopefully this will be early in the New Year.
